Sentences with phrase «conservatives in the byelection»

Rolling coverage of the reaction to Ukip winning Claction from the Conservatives in the byelection, and coming a close second to Labour in Heywood and Middleton

Not exact matches

The Alliance won a byelection in September and bolstered its caucus further when two Conservatives crossed the floor.

One of the wilder scenarios would have Kenney resigning his federal seat and running in the Calgary - Greenway byelection prompted by the death last Nov. 23 of Progressive Conservative MLA Manmeet Bhullar.

Just last week, his federal Conservatives won 77 per cent of the byelection vote in Rona Ambrose's former Edmonton riding.

The Cumbrian semi-rural seat of Copeland was seized by the Conservatives — the first time the main opposition party has lost a seat it was defending in a byelection since 1982.

Labour made its first byelection gain from the Conservatives since 1997 today with a massive swing of almost 13 % in Corby.

But, on the evening of the count an exasperated Nigel Farage, interviewed by Channel 4 News political correspondent Michael Crick, raised the first concerns about Conservative election expenses — which, he suggested, might have breached the # 100,000 limit for campaign spending in a byelection.

Following Ukip's triumph in the Clacton and Rochester byelections in late 2014, the Conservative campaign faced a miserable winter.

Labour's narrow lead in the Heywood and Middleton byelection was the result of a «collapse» of the Conservative and Lib Dem vote into support for Ukip, the shadow foreign secretary said.

May had earlier taunted Labour with the fact that the recent Copeland byelection saw a Labour man (Jamie Reed) replaced in the Commons by a Conservative woman (Trudy Harrison).

In Rochester and Strood, where the defection to Ukip of yet another Tory candidate, Mark Reckless, prompted another byelection in November 2014, the Conservatives could have breached the spending limit by a far larger amount — more than # 51,09In Rochester and Strood, where the defection to Ukip of yet another Tory candidate, Mark Reckless, prompted another byelection in November 2014, the Conservatives could have breached the spending limit by a far larger amount — more than # 51,09in November 2014, the Conservatives could have breached the spending limit by a far larger amount — more than # 51,096.

Michael Ashcroft, the former deputy chairman of the Conservatives, said a Ukip victory in the Wythenshawe and Sale East byelection, for the vacant seat following the death of the Labour MP Paul Goggins, would be «a game changer».

Johnson insisted the Conservatives should not panic in the face of a defeat in Rochester and Strood byelection.

Asked about David Davis» decision to fight a by - election on civil liberties: «Because I am quite a logical person, I couldn't get the logical connection between the loss of a vote in the Commons and a decision on something the whole Conservative Party was united about and the decision to resign and fight a byelection.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks after his party lost the once - safe seat of Copeland to the Conservatives in a shock byelection defeat.

Relieved Liberal Democrats have claimed a narrow victory in the Eastleigh byelection, fending off a surge by Ukip that forced the Conservatives into third place — putting huge pressure on David Cameron to show he has a strategy to win the 2015 election.

Channel 4 News's Michael Crick points out that the Conservatives won a byelection in Clacton last night.

David Cameron is acting in a «hurtful» way towards traditional Tory voters by imposing social change through «diktat», a former Conservative frontbencher warned as the party embarked on an inquest into its poor showing in the Eastleigh byelection.

As Tory MEP Daniel Hannan called on the party leadership to reach an agreement on «common ground» with Ukip, the party that forced the Tories into third place in the byelection, Eleanor Laing called on the prime minister to lead a «truly Conservative government».

In response to its byelection success last week, Ukip is now claiming it will win the upcoming Rochester and Strood byelection, possibly forcing the prime minister from the Conservative leadership.

Cameron said in Downing Street: «It is a disappointing result for the Conservative party, but it is clear that in mid-term byelections people want to register a protest.

Ukip's win in Clacton and massive boost in support in the Heywood and Middleton byelection is «a wake up call» to the Tories, Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said.

Ukip won seven seats from Labour and two from the Conservatives and held the one seat it won in a byelection last year.

Clegg will also face difficulties in handling a byelection in Thirsk and Malton where the Liberal Democrat candidate, Howard Keal, refused to tame his anti-Tory rhetoric saying: «It's a full - on fight, I hope disgruntled Conservatives — of which there are plenty — will lend me their vote and Labour supporters will vote tactically to help deliver a shock result.

Last week's byelection in Henley was predictable and surprising in equal measure: predictable because it showed that David Cameron, riding high in the polls as the government falls from grace, can win a safe seat on his home turf; but surprising because the Conservative vote didn't go up by much compared with the 2005 general election, even though the party is a full 14 % higher in the national polls.

Gillian Troughton, the Labour candidate, was defeated by the Conservatives» Trudy Harrison, marking the first time a governing party has taken a seat from another party in a byelection in 35 years.

Conservative backbenchers were expressing fears on Saturday that Ukip — which leapfrogged the Conservatives into second place in Thursday's Eastleigh byelection — represents a serious threat to their support not just in the south of England but also in the north, where the Tories face a struggle to defend a number of key marginal seats at the 2015 general election.

The prime minister yesterday appeared to slacken Conservative resolve in the forthcoming Oldham East and Saddleworth byelection, doling out generous words for the Lib Dems» election effort.

The Conservative party will select their candidate to take on defector Douglas Carswell in the Clacton byelection on Thursday evening, as Ukip seek to capitalise on a backlash against a former Tory MP who urged his party to turn its back on the town.

Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Conservative candidate in the byelection, will also be speaking to potential voters.